October 2012-CA

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Anaheim, California
Workshop Agenda - October 18, 2012TEC21 Goals: Connect, Share, Inspire, Grow and Support
Begin at 9:00 am
  • Welcome - Feel free visit Cafe 10:31 for a coffee type beverage.

OPENING DEVOTION
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"Think Like Christ" (Phil 4:8-9)
The basis for online behavior and Digital Citizenship.
Online Behavior Infographic
Infographic Presentation
St. John's Online Behavior Agreement for Students (PDF)
St. John's Online Behavior Agreement for Parents (PDF)

SHARING - (Check Edmodo Postings)
  • Share a success story that you experienced since our last meeting. We celebrate success.
  • Share something that didn't go as well as you had hoped. We celebrate our failures as an opportunity to learn.
  • Share something that made you "Spark".

HOT TOPIC -

PRESENTATION - "Digital Footprints"



DISCUSS - Your Online Presence
  • Where are you online? (Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Blog, Ning, Edmodo)
  • Have you ever Googled yourself?
  • Why is an online presence important to you as an educator?

DISCUSS - Your Classroom Online Presence
  • How would you respond to this comment: "I send a newsletter home every week. Why do I need to put that info on a web page too?"
  • What are parent expectations? How have they changed in the last 5 years?
  • How can an having an online class presence benefit your students?

EXAMPLES:
Mr. Coley's Class
2M Gems
Mrs. Abernathy's Class
Mrs. Cassidy's Class

Elements of a Good Class Web Page, Wiki, etc..
TOOLS FOR ESTABLISHING YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE:
  • Posterous - If you can send an e-mail, you can be a blogger.
  • Blogger - Already have a Google Login? You won't need a new username & password.
  • Google Sites - Same here.
  • Weebly Quick, easy, professional looking.
  • Wikispaces - Free Education Sites for Teachers. You're looking at it right now.
  • TeacherWeb - Ask Chris Ford
  • WordPress - More complex, but with a little knowledge, you can be dangerous. It's what I use since I switched away from Blogger.

Lunch Hour at 11:30 am / Back to Work at 12:30 pm

TOOL FOR ESTABLISHING YOUR STUDENTS' ONLINE PRESENCE:

Class Web Sites
PROJECT/LESSON DEVELOPMENT -
Start thinking about setting a short-term and a long-term goal in terms of developing a technology lesson idea or project to work on at our workshops this year to implement in your classroom.

REFLECTION & WRAP-UP

Dismiss at 2:00 pm

Random Links:
Class Notes from today
Hexaflexagons
How to Make a Paper Slide Video
OCCUE Tech Fest - February 2nd in Rancho Santa Margarita
Class Dojo
Blogging with Paper
Google URL Shortener (goo.gl) Make QR Codes too!
Beautiful QR Codes
StoryBird
KidBlog
Our Test KidBlog Class If you're a control freak and would like to play with the teacher settings, log in as tec21california and use password: ilovetech Click the control panel link at the upper right to access the teacher controls.

Discovery Virtual Conference - THIS SATURDAY!!!




This month's reflection assignment...